biography
Hello! My name is Milan; I create art through music as a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer and mixer. Born and raised in Montréal to a Slovak mother and an African American/Cuban father, I've been playing guitar since 1998. In my early teens, I began performing original improvised blues/rock electric guitar solos at Montreal talent shows and music festivals, including Montreal's International Blues and Reggae Festivals, and Tremblant's International Blues Festival.
I started producing music in my mid teens, using a BOSS BR-1180 digital recording studio, which I also used to make original backing tracks for my solo guitar performances. I then spent 8 years living in Toronto while getting my bachelor's of music degree at Humber College. Between 2017 and 2022 I lived in London, Bratislava and Prague; recording, writing, producing and playing shows.
2019 brought the release of my first self produced, engineered and mixed album titled 'Who Am I' on Slnko Records; a Slovak label. In 2020, I began releasing independently; starting with my EP ‘love&light produced by Kristofer Harris and Nathanael Graham, followed by my 2021 album 'five hundred days.', produced by Kristofer Harris of the UK, as well as my own self-production. In June 2023, I released my third album titled 'ethos pathos logos', which features more of my own production, as well as Kris' touch. In 2023, I released 'Prague nights’ - a solo piano album, which I wrote and recorded myself on an upright piano, while living in Prague. My most recent 2024 release titled ‘Cayden’ is a self produced, recorded and mixed EP dedicated to a friend that passed away.
Along with my own music, I produce and write for other artists and do songwriting and recording residencies with Indigenous and non-indigenous youth and communities all over Canada.
accolades
2008 // Humber Intro to Commercial Jazz award.
2013 // Humber Athletics 'Milan Boronell award of excellence and leadership' created in my honour.
2013 // Winner of the Toronto Samsung Galaxy S4 songwriting contest.
2022 // 'Reason' 2021 Song of the Year winner at the Czech Europa 2 radio awards.